The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 14, 2059
Waxing Crescent
21.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
10:48 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.5%
- Age
- 4.9 days
- Distance
- 405,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1689
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,100 km.
Exact values
For Jul 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 55.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.3° / 88.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 21m / 9.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 167.32° / 4.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.14° / -5.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 124.04° / 1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.